Podtrac Releases March Ranking Of Top 20 Podcasts

Podcast Rankings

PODTRAC has released its MARCH 2018 ranking of the Top 20 podcasts.

"THE BEN SHAPIRO SHOW" (up from 5th to 2nd) and "RADIOLAB" (12th to 8th) were the biggest upward movers on the list, while "SERIAL" and "INVISIBILIA" returned to the rankings along with WONDERY's "OVER MY DEAD BODY." Falling out of the top 20 this month were "NPR POLITICS PODCAST," "ATLANTA MONSTER," and "CALL HER DADDY."

The rankings, which, once again, only include shows opting in for PODTRAC's Podcast Measurement System for the full month (and missing some of the largest shows):

1. THE DAILY (last month #1)
2. THE BEN SHAPIRO SHOW (5)
3. THIS AMERICAN LIFE (2)
4. STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW (3)
5. UP FIRST (4)
6. TED RADIO HOUR (7)
7. THE RON BURGUNDY PODCAST (6)
8. RADIOLAB (12)
9. PARDON MY TAKE (8)
10. PLANET MONEY (10)
11. FRESH AIR (9)
12. HIDDEN BRAIN (11)
13. WAIT, WAIT... DON'T TELL ME! (15)
14. HOW I BUILT THIS (14)
15. FREAKONOMICS RADIO (13)
16. THE MOTH (16)
17. TED TALKS DAILY (17)
18. SERIAL (--)
19. INVISIBILIA (--)
20. OVER MY DEAD BODY (--)

In addition, the rankings of podcast publishers have been revised to reflect corrections to the number of shows published by WONDERY. The revision adds two shows to WONDERY and thus pushes the company ahead of THE NEW YORK TIMES into fourth place. The revised ranking by U.S. unique monthly audience:

1. NPR (last month: 1) (49 active shows)
2. iHEARTRADIO (2) (170 active shows)
3. RADIOTOPIA/PRX (4) (70 active shows)
4. WONDERY (3) (67 active shows)
5. THE NEW YORK TIMES (5) (10 active shows)
6. WNYC STUDIOS (8) (55 active shows)
7. THIS AMERICAN LIFE/SERIAL (6) (3 active shows)
8. BARSTOOL SPORTS (7) (38 active shows)
9. ESPN (9) (61 active shows)
10. DAILY WIRE (10) (5 active shows)

Ranked by global unique downloads and streams, WONDERY fell from fourth to fifth after the revision:

1. NPR (last month: 2)
2. iHEARTRADIO (1)
3. RADIOTOPIA/PRX (3)
4. THE NEW YORK TIMES (5)
5. WONDERY (4)
6. ESPN (6)
7. BARSTOOL SPORTS (7)
8. WNYC STUDIOS (9)
9. DAILY WIRE (8)
10. THIS AMERICAN LIFE/SERIAL (10)

See the numbers here.

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